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The Dzyatlava massacre[citation needed] was a little-documented part of the Holocaust. The German SS soldiers surrounded the town and demanded the Jews to leave their houses. The victims were then stretched out face down on the main town square. With the break of dawn, a gas van entered the village. The Jews were transported by lorries away from the town. About 1,500 were shot dead at a distance.
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- Gutman, Israel. Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. Macmillan, 1990. Page 374.
